Immediate and delayed hypersensitivity to ceftriaxone, and anaphylaxis due to intradermal testing with other β-lactam antibiotics, in a previously amoxicillin-sensitized patient

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 311-312

  Häusermann, Peter ^a   Bircher, Andreas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Beta lactams; Ceftriaxone; Cross sensitivity; Cutaneous adverse drug reactions; Hypersensitivity; Occupational eyelid dermatitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CROSS REACTIONS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE;

EID: 0036878182     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.4705103.x     Document Type: Article

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